Immunoglobulin JH rearrangement in a T-cell line reflects fusion to the DH locus at a sequence lacking the nonamer recognition signal.

abstract：:Immunofluorescent and immunoelectron-microscopic staining methods were utilized to investigate the localization of Ia antigens in murine keratinizing epithelia. Approximately 3-5% of epidermal cells were shown to be Ia positive. Only dendritic Langerhans cells in the interfollicular epidermis and outer root sheaths we...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rowden G,Phillips TM,Delovitch TL

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune systems of all mammals include populations of B cells producing antibodies with incredibly diverse specificities. Repertoire diversity has been described as the "miracle of immunology," and it was long thought to be the result of essentially stochastic processes. Recently, however, analysis of high throughp...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Collins AM,Jackson KJL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphic major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has gained a specific relevance in pathogen resistance and mate choice. Particularly the antigen-binding site (ABS), encoded by exon 2 of the DRB class II gene, exhibits numerous alleles and extensive sequence variations between alleles. A lack of MHC variability ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Becker L,Nieberg C,Jahreis K,Peters E

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T), a rare inherited disorder, usually affects the nervous and immune systems, and occasionally other organs. A-T is associated mainly with mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene, which encodes a protein kinase that has a major role in the cellular response to DNA damage. We...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mortaz E,Marashian SM,Ghaffaripour H,Varahram M,Mehrian P,Dorudinia A,Garssen J,Adcock IM,Taylor M,Mahdaviani SA

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized cDNAs and genes for pufferfish, Fugu rubripes, (Fugu) orthologues of mammalian interleukin (IL)-12 subunits (IL-12 p35 and IL-12 p40). The deduced amino acid sequences of the Fugu IL-12 subunits showed homology with mammalian IL-12 subunits (p35: 50.4-58.0% similarity; p40: 51.2-55.4...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Yoshiura Y,Kiryu I,Fujiwara A,Suetake H,Suzuki Y,Nakanishi T,Ototake M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observations have frequently been interpreted as showing that the helper T cells which collaborate with alloantigen-specific cytotoxic T-cell precursors can only recognize antigens encoded in the I region of the H-2 gene complex. An experimental system is described here that allows analysis of the recognition repertoi...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Pilarski LM,Wegmann TG

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice bearing the H-2b haplotype are susceptible to the development of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis (EAMG), induced by acetylcholine receptor (AChR) autoimmunity. One of the genes influencing EAMG susceptibility has been mapped to the Ab locus of the major histocompatibility complex, and the A beta chain h...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Christadoss P,David CS,Shenoy M,Keve S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), has been implicated in population declines and species extinctions of amphibians around the world. Susceptibility to the disease varies both within and among species, most likely attributable to heritable immunogenetic variation. Anal...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Fu M,Waldman B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of arthritis and the antibody response to mouse and to rat type II collagen after immunization with native rat type II collagen was studied in different mouse strains, including wild mouse-derived strains belonging to the H-2p/H-2q family. High serum levels of antibodies to mouse and rat type II collagen...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Holmdahl R,Klareskog L,Andersson M,Hansen C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the genetic regulation of spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis (SAT) by means of crosses between Obese strain (OS) chickens with the disease, and healthy inbred chicken of line CB. Mononuclear cell infiltration of the thyroid was used as a criterion for the disease. We confirmed the existence of one recessiv...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Vasícek D,Vasícková K,Kaiser P,Drozenová R,Cítek J,Hala K

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic copy number variants (CNVs) are a common, heritable source of inter-individual differences in genomic sequence. Their influence on phenotypic variability and their involvement in the pathogenesis of several common diseases is well established and the object of many current studies. In the course of examining C...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Schwienbacher C,De Grandi A,Fuchsberger C,Facheris MF,Svaldi M,Wjst M,Pramstaller PP,Hicks AA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for host genes for resistance/susceptibility to cancer metastasis, mutation analysis was employed. Ten putative mutants of resistance to lymphoma EL4 and four putative mutants of resistance to sarcoma MCA/77-23 of C57BL/6J (B6) mice were produced. These mutants were designated S (for "survivor") mutants; the...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Egorov OS,Liu Y,Sargent EE,Drizlikh GI,Egorov IK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice bearing the H-2w7 haplotype have five C4-related genes, one C4, one Slp, and three C4/Slp hybrid genes. The expression of these five genes in the liver of H-2w7 mice was estimated at the steady state level of their respective mRNA. We have amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) three regions of the C4/S...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Huang ZM,Takahashi M,Nonaka M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Codon bias and base composition in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) sequences have been studied for both class I and II loci in Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes. There is low to moderate codon bias for the MHC of humans and chimpanzees. In the class I loci, the same level of moderate codon bias is seen for HLA-B...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： McWeeney SK,Valdes AM

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoprecipitation of NP-40 lysates of 125I-labeled lymph-node cells with different anti-H-2 sera and with anti-Qa-2 serum has shown that the BALB/cByA strain (H-2d, Qa-2-negative) expresses, besides H-2Ld, another molecule that is not detectable in the BALB/c-H-2dm2 strain. Electrophoresis in SDS polyacrylamide gels...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Démant P,Roos MH

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peptide repertoire presented on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules is largely determined by the structure of the peptide binding groove. It is expected that the molecules having similar grooves (i.e., belonging to the same supertype) might present similar/overlapping peptides. However, the extent of p...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rao X,Hoof I,Costa AI,van Baarle D,Keşmir C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymorphism of exon 2 of the DAB genes (major histocompatibility complex [MHC] class IIB) was investigated for the first time in the freshwater cyprinid fish species, Squalius cephalus, in the wide range of its distribution in Europe. We identified 111 different MHC class IIB variants in 15 chub populations distr...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Seifertová M,Simková A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of diseases occur in association with specific HLA-B or -C alleles. Recently a new gene, termed major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A (MICA), has been identified in close proximity to HLA-B. The function of this gene is still unknown, but, it is structurally related to HLA class ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mendoza-Rincon J,Argüello JR,Pérez-Rodríguez M,McWhinnie A,Marsh SG,Fischer G,Madrigal JA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription of major histocompatibility complex class I genes is controlled by the class I regulatory complex in the 5' flanking region. To investigate the molecular basis of this region, we studied the polymorphism of the promoter of the HLA-B locus extending from the ATG transcription initiation signal to -284 bas...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Yao Z,Volgger A,Scholz S,Albert ED

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune response to bovine insulin (BI) in the rat is controlled by the major histocompatibility complex (Mhc)-linked immune response gene (Ir-BI) and immune suppression gene (Is-BI). In the present study, we investigated the low responsiveness to BI in the WKAH rat (RT1k) and attempted to explore the functional li...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Mizuno K,Tsuchimoto S,Matsuno Y,Niiyama T,Fujii H,Natori T,Aizawa M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the extent of the repertoire of the immunoglobulin light chain V-region locus (Igl-V) in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus), we constructed a specifically primed cDNA library from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated DA strain rat spleens. The library was screened with a rat Igl-C2-specific probe, a...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Aguilar BA,Gutman GA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer (NK) cells express receptors for MHC class I that contain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) sequences in their cytoplasmic domain. Whereas these receptors inhibit NK cell cytotoxicity, certain isoforms of these NK receptors (e.g., KIR2DS, CD94/NKG2C, and Ly49D) do not have ITIMs, but...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Yim D,Jie HB,Lanier LL,Kim YB

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural-killer group 2 member D (NKG2D) is an activating receptor that plays an important role in the immune response mediated by NK cells, γδ(+) T cells, and CD8(+) T cells. In humans, MHC class I chain-related genes and UL-16 binding protein (ULBP)/retinoic acid early transcript 1 (REAT1) gene family encode ligands ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Naruse TK,Okuda Y,Mori K,Akari H,Matano T,Kimura A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human CS1, also known as novel Ly9, 19A24, or CRACC, is a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily (IgSF) expressed on natural killer cells and other leukocytes. Here we describe the cloning of the mouse homologue of this gene. The mouse novel Ly9 gene is shown to encode a transmembrane protein composed of two ex...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Tovar V,del Valle J,Zapater N,Martin M,Romero X,Pizcueta P,Bosch J,Terhorst C,Engel P

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Lutheran (Lu) blood group antigens are carried by two glycoproteins (gps) that belong to the immunoglobulin (Ig) superfamily. These gps represent adhesion molecules that function as the unique erythroid receptors for laminin. We report here the cloning and functional expression of the orthologous mouse Lu mR...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Rahuel C,Colin Y,Goossens D,Gane P,El Nemer W,Cartron JP,Le Van Kim C

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules are, as a rule, highly polymorphic in mammalian species, those of the New World primate Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin) exhibit limited polymorphism. We have cloned and sequenced twelve MHC class I cDNAs from this species. Since cloned cotton-top ...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Watkins DI,Garber TL,Chen ZW,Toukatly G,Hughes AL,Letvin NL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the structure of cDNA clones encoding axolotl light chains of the lambda type. A single IGLC gene and eight different potential IGLV genes belonging to four different families were detected. The axolotl Cgamma domain has several residues or stretches of residues that are typically conserved in mammalian...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： André S,Guillet F,Charlemagne J,Fellah JS

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human complement C4 genes in the HLA exhibit an unusual, dichotomous size polymorphism and a four-gene, modular variation involving novel gene RP, complement C4, steroid 21-hydroxylase (CYP21), and tenascin-like Gene X (RCCX). The C4 gene size dichotomy is mediated by an endogenous retrovirus, HERV-K(C4). Nearly i...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Dangel AW,Mendoza AR,Baker BJ,Daniel CM,Carroll MC,Wu LC,Yu CY

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse Ly6A and Ly6C cDNA probes were hybridized to total RNA of rat tissues and, as in mouse, the highest level of Ly6-related transcripts was detected in kidney. Therefore, Ly6-related cDNA clones were isolated from a commercial rat kidney cDNA library in lambda gt11. Four of these (RK3, RK6, RK10, and RK11) have bee...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Friedman S,Palfree RG,Sirlin S,Hämmerling U

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we analyzed fibroblasts derived from an MHC class II deficiency patient (type III bare lymphocyte syndrome). Northern blot analysis showed that upon induction with IFN-gamma these fibroblasts did not express HLA class II genes and displayed a strongly reduced level of HLA class I gene expression when com...

journal_title：Immunogenetics

authors： Peijnenburg A,Godthelp B,van Boxel-Dezaire A,van den Elsen PJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00